The Sanford Herald / SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2010
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World Cup begins Host South Africa opens the World Cup in a 1-1 draw with Mexico
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Nebraska joining Big Ten in 2011
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COURT BARS VITAL EVIDENCE IN BONDS CASE
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Bonds won a big legal victory Friday that could put his long-delayed perjury trial back on track. A divided three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that prosecutors may not present positive urine samples and other vital evidence that the government says shows that the slugger knowingly used steroids. The appeals court ruling upholds a lower court decision made in February 2009 barring federal prosecutors from showing the jury any evidence collected by Bonds’ personal trainer Greg Anderson. Bonds’ perjury trial, which was scheduled to start in March 2009, has been delayed pending the outcome of this appeal. Bonds lead attorney Allen Ruby said the next step depends on what prosecutors do with the ruling, but that the evidence excluded was vital to the case against baseball’s home-run king. “Presumably, the government wouldn’t have delayed this case a year and a half unless they thought it was very important,” Ruby said. Lead prosecutors Matt Parrella and Jeff Nedrow didn’t return telephone calls. U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Jack Gillund declined comment.
NASCAR kurt busch captures pole in michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Kurt Busch is on the pole for Sunday’s NASCAR race at Michigan International Speedway. Busch posted an average speed of 189.984 mph around the two-mile oval during Friday’s qualifying. Jamie McMurray will start second and Jimmie Johnson will start third in the 400-mile race. The pole is Busch’s second of the year and 12th of his career. He’s a two-time winner at Michigan, having captured the checkered flag at the track in 2003 and 2007. Busch already has wins at Atlanta and Charlotte this year and is fifth in points with 12 races remaining until NASCAR’s playoffs begin.
ncaa BSU ACCEPTS INVITE TO MOUNTAIN WEST
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise State University has accepted an invitation to join the Mountain West Conference in 2011. Boise State, currently a Western Athletic Conference member, would become the Mountain West Conference’s 10th member. The move would be effective July 1, 2011. Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson says BSU was invited to join the 11-year-old conference to boost its strength. BSU President Bob Kustra says this shows Boise State University has demonstrated academic and athletic success.
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Former Lee County baseball standout Trey Such prepares to make contact with the ball during a recent game with the Morehead City Marlins, a Coastal Plain League team. Such played in nine games with the Marlins before being released on Friday. Such finished with 10 hits and two RBI in 32 appearances at the plate.
Such enjoyed time playing with Morehead City Marlins By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com SANFORD — Although it came to an unexpected end, former Lee County baseball standout Trey Such had a once in a lifetime experience with the Morehead City Marlins. Such, a rising junior at Methodist University, was one of four Monarchs called up by the Marlins in the absence of some NCAA Division I players finishing their seasons in the College World Series. The Marlins are a member of the Coastal Plain League, a summer collegiate baseball league featuring 15 teams in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Unfortunately for Such, his run with the Marlins and in the Coastal Plain League came to an end as he was released by the club on Friday to make room for N.C. State catcher Chris Schaeffer. After a recent game, Trey Such signs an autograph on a More“It was an unbelievable experience,” head City Marlins cap for a group of kids in attendance. Such See Such, Page 4B played high school baseball at Lee County High School.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Paterno vs. Pelini. Huskers vs. Hawkeyes. Trips to Columbus, Ohio, instead of Columbia, Mo. So long, Big 12. Nebraska’s membership in the Big Ten Conference is official. The Big Ten’s board of presidents and chancellors unanimously welcomed Nebraska to the club on Friday afternoon, a little more than an hour after the school announced it had applied for membership. The move takes effect July 1, 2011. Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman said the Big Ten offers stability “that the Big 12 simply cannot offer.” Nebraska is the Big Ten’s first addition since 1990, when Penn State became the 11th member, and it comes just six months after the league announced that it was looking at expansion. Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said he presumed there would be a Big Ten championship football game beginning in 2011. He also said the conference would “pause” from further expansion over the next 12 to 18 months. He declined to comment on whether Notre Dame or any other school was on the league’s radar. Delany, wearing a red-and-white tie and a ’N’ lapel pin, said he anticipates a wonderful marriage between Nebraska and the Big Ten. “This beautiful girl, quite honestly, wasn’t going to be there forever,” Delany said, referring to the Huskers. “They were faced with some tough decisions. We had done enough personal interaction with them that we felt this would be a great fit. We encouraged Nebraska to go down that road.” Nebraska leaves behind a Big 12 that had already lost Colorado to the Pac-10 this week. Perlman also said the Pac-10 had been in touch with many schools in the Big 12 South, sug-
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world cup 2010
Sixty years later, USA and England meet again By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer
RUSTENBURG, South Africa — When they emerged victorious the last time, they wound up calling it “The Game of Their Lives.” Once-unknown players have spent a lifetime reliving memories of that unexpected night in Belo Horizonte, when the United States rose up and defeated mighty England in the World Cup. Sixty years removed and 4,449 miles from that stadium in Brazil, the nations finally meet again Saturday in a game that matters,
a rematch in this year’s World Cup opener for both teams. Once again, England is stocked with the talented and the wealthy, carrying the hopes of long-suffering supporters who still believe even though 44 years have passed since the Three Lions’ last and only World Cup title. And while the Americans are no longer obscure, and many have gained experience with the very Premier League clubs that produced England’s stars, they remain outsid-
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U.S. national soccer coach Bob Bradley, right, speaks to defender Clarence Goodson during training Thursday at Pilditch Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa. U.S.A. will See Soccer, Page 4B open World Cup play with a match against England